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ParticipantSt. Augustine is nice. If I’m not mistaken, the MR there is about $100/mo. I think it’s about $250/mo at Soleil. Soleil has slightly newer homes. I think Soleil has pretty high HOA, too. I think you get their pool/rec center as part of that though.
I’m not sure why flu says the 56 area is in the middle of nowhere. It’s pretty close to the freeways and shopping. And if you’re going anywhere east, it’s pretty convenient. The 5 is about three miles away after you’re on the 56.
Soleil is 3 1/2 to 4 miles from the ocean; St. Augustine is 2 1/2 miles. It’s a bit hotter in the summer, but not much. I think it’s colder in the winter, though, both because it’s a bit farther from the ocean and it’s down in a valley.
St Augustine is up high, which I think is nice. It feels better to me than being down in the valley. Could just be me, though.
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]FYI 5+ tanks of gas is about 2,000 miles. PQ and SR are at most 10 miles further than UC each way. That means you could take 3 round trips every day of the month based upon the above assumption by BG.
Can someone roll in with a strait jacket? We have mental patient on our hands.
Please someone other than me step up and be the voice of reason?[/quote]
Well, I don’t like to be so hyperbolic and cruel as to call someone a mental patient. But it’s seemed obvious to me for quite some time the bg has some kind of emotional desire to steer people in a certain direction, and that that desire sometimes results in her giving advice that has no basis in reality. I’d avoid the subject altogether, but I agree with you, Dave, that it’s important for people who come to this forum for advice to understand who’s giving clear-thinking, unbiased advice and who’s giving advice that reflects the personal issues that they have.
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]FYI 5+ tanks of gas is about 2,000 miles. PQ and SR are at most 10 miles further than UC each way. That means you could take 3 round trips every day of the month based upon the above assumption by BG.
Can someone roll in with a strait jacket? We have mental patient on our hands.
Please someone other than me step up and be the voice of reason?[/quote]
Well, I don’t like to be so hyperbolic and cruel as to call someone a mental patient. But it’s seemed obvious to me for quite some time the bg has some kind of emotional desire to steer people in a certain direction, and that that desire sometimes results in her giving advice that has no basis in reality. I’d avoid the subject altogether, but I agree with you, Dave, that it’s important for people who come to this forum for advice to understand who’s giving clear-thinking, unbiased advice and who’s giving advice that reflects the personal issues that they have.
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]FYI 5+ tanks of gas is about 2,000 miles. PQ and SR are at most 10 miles further than UC each way. That means you could take 3 round trips every day of the month based upon the above assumption by BG.
Can someone roll in with a strait jacket? We have mental patient on our hands.
Please someone other than me step up and be the voice of reason?[/quote]
Well, I don’t like to be so hyperbolic and cruel as to call someone a mental patient. But it’s seemed obvious to me for quite some time the bg has some kind of emotional desire to steer people in a certain direction, and that that desire sometimes results in her giving advice that has no basis in reality. I’d avoid the subject altogether, but I agree with you, Dave, that it’s important for people who come to this forum for advice to understand who’s giving clear-thinking, unbiased advice and who’s giving advice that reflects the personal issues that they have.
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]FYI 5+ tanks of gas is about 2,000 miles. PQ and SR are at most 10 miles further than UC each way. That means you could take 3 round trips every day of the month based upon the above assumption by BG.
Can someone roll in with a strait jacket? We have mental patient on our hands.
Please someone other than me step up and be the voice of reason?[/quote]
Well, I don’t like to be so hyperbolic and cruel as to call someone a mental patient. But it’s seemed obvious to me for quite some time the bg has some kind of emotional desire to steer people in a certain direction, and that that desire sometimes results in her giving advice that has no basis in reality. I’d avoid the subject altogether, but I agree with you, Dave, that it’s important for people who come to this forum for advice to understand who’s giving clear-thinking, unbiased advice and who’s giving advice that reflects the personal issues that they have.
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]FYI 5+ tanks of gas is about 2,000 miles. PQ and SR are at most 10 miles further than UC each way. That means you could take 3 round trips every day of the month based upon the above assumption by BG.
Can someone roll in with a strait jacket? We have mental patient on our hands.
Please someone other than me step up and be the voice of reason?[/quote]
Well, I don’t like to be so hyperbolic and cruel as to call someone a mental patient. But it’s seemed obvious to me for quite some time the bg has some kind of emotional desire to steer people in a certain direction, and that that desire sometimes results in her giving advice that has no basis in reality. I’d avoid the subject altogether, but I agree with you, Dave, that it’s important for people who come to this forum for advice to understand who’s giving clear-thinking, unbiased advice and who’s giving advice that reflects the personal issues that they have.
Participant[quote=lepetitangel]Would you say the housing market in CV now is still relatively slow-moving? Doesn’t seem that there’re lots of actions.
Do most buyers come in more towards summer?[/quote]
Well, I stopped getting all the updates on properties except the “sold” properties a couple months ago. So I can’t really give you a good, accurate estimate of the “action” that’s happening right now. By the sold properties, though, it seems as though it’s pretty similar now to the post-’05 peak. Some selling at peak prices and some not.
The most buyers (in nearly all residential real estate markets) come in the spring. Some summers are slower than others. Summer ’09 saw some houses sell for relatively low prices in CV. Summer ’10 less so. If you’re not in a hurry to buy, you have the opportunity so see how summer ’11 turns out and maybe get a bargain. Of course, you risk prices going up during the spring and not coming down as much as you’d like.
If you don’t have a realtor, might I suggest Lisa Harden of Coldwell Banker. She’s everything you could want in a realtor if you’re buying in Carmel Valley. She knows the area as well as anyone. She can tell you exactly what sort of “action” is happening in Carmel Valley right now. She has integrity, intelligence, a great work ethic, and she’s a fantastic negotiator. I’ve worked with her and so have friends of mine, and I think you’ll be very happy with her.
Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.
Participant[quote=lepetitangel]Would you say the housing market in CV now is still relatively slow-moving? Doesn’t seem that there’re lots of actions.
Do most buyers come in more towards summer?[/quote]
Well, I stopped getting all the updates on properties except the “sold” properties a couple months ago. So I can’t really give you a good, accurate estimate of the “action” that’s happening right now. By the sold properties, though, it seems as though it’s pretty similar now to the post-’05 peak. Some selling at peak prices and some not.
The most buyers (in nearly all residential real estate markets) come in the spring. Some summers are slower than others. Summer ’09 saw some houses sell for relatively low prices in CV. Summer ’10 less so. If you’re not in a hurry to buy, you have the opportunity so see how summer ’11 turns out and maybe get a bargain. Of course, you risk prices going up during the spring and not coming down as much as you’d like.
If you don’t have a realtor, might I suggest Lisa Harden of Coldwell Banker. She’s everything you could want in a realtor if you’re buying in Carmel Valley. She knows the area as well as anyone. She can tell you exactly what sort of “action” is happening in Carmel Valley right now. She has integrity, intelligence, a great work ethic, and she’s a fantastic negotiator. I’ve worked with her and so have friends of mine, and I think you’ll be very happy with her.
Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.
Participant[quote=lepetitangel]Would you say the housing market in CV now is still relatively slow-moving? Doesn’t seem that there’re lots of actions.
Do most buyers come in more towards summer?[/quote]
Well, I stopped getting all the updates on properties except the “sold” properties a couple months ago. So I can’t really give you a good, accurate estimate of the “action” that’s happening right now. By the sold properties, though, it seems as though it’s pretty similar now to the post-’05 peak. Some selling at peak prices and some not.
The most buyers (in nearly all residential real estate markets) come in the spring. Some summers are slower than others. Summer ’09 saw some houses sell for relatively low prices in CV. Summer ’10 less so. If you’re not in a hurry to buy, you have the opportunity so see how summer ’11 turns out and maybe get a bargain. Of course, you risk prices going up during the spring and not coming down as much as you’d like.
If you don’t have a realtor, might I suggest Lisa Harden of Coldwell Banker. She’s everything you could want in a realtor if you’re buying in Carmel Valley. She knows the area as well as anyone. She can tell you exactly what sort of “action” is happening in Carmel Valley right now. She has integrity, intelligence, a great work ethic, and she’s a fantastic negotiator. I’ve worked with her and so have friends of mine, and I think you’ll be very happy with her.
Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.
Participant[quote=lepetitangel]Would you say the housing market in CV now is still relatively slow-moving? Doesn’t seem that there’re lots of actions.
Do most buyers come in more towards summer?[/quote]
Well, I stopped getting all the updates on properties except the “sold” properties a couple months ago. So I can’t really give you a good, accurate estimate of the “action” that’s happening right now. By the sold properties, though, it seems as though it’s pretty similar now to the post-’05 peak. Some selling at peak prices and some not.
The most buyers (in nearly all residential real estate markets) come in the spring. Some summers are slower than others. Summer ’09 saw some houses sell for relatively low prices in CV. Summer ’10 less so. If you’re not in a hurry to buy, you have the opportunity so see how summer ’11 turns out and maybe get a bargain. Of course, you risk prices going up during the spring and not coming down as much as you’d like.
If you don’t have a realtor, might I suggest Lisa Harden of Coldwell Banker. She’s everything you could want in a realtor if you’re buying in Carmel Valley. She knows the area as well as anyone. She can tell you exactly what sort of “action” is happening in Carmel Valley right now. She has integrity, intelligence, a great work ethic, and she’s a fantastic negotiator. I’ve worked with her and so have friends of mine, and I think you’ll be very happy with her.
Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.
Participant[quote=lepetitangel]Would you say the housing market in CV now is still relatively slow-moving? Doesn’t seem that there’re lots of actions.
Do most buyers come in more towards summer?[/quote]
Well, I stopped getting all the updates on properties except the “sold” properties a couple months ago. So I can’t really give you a good, accurate estimate of the “action” that’s happening right now. By the sold properties, though, it seems as though it’s pretty similar now to the post-’05 peak. Some selling at peak prices and some not.
The most buyers (in nearly all residential real estate markets) come in the spring. Some summers are slower than others. Summer ’09 saw some houses sell for relatively low prices in CV. Summer ’10 less so. If you’re not in a hurry to buy, you have the opportunity so see how summer ’11 turns out and maybe get a bargain. Of course, you risk prices going up during the spring and not coming down as much as you’d like.
If you don’t have a realtor, might I suggest Lisa Harden of Coldwell Banker. She’s everything you could want in a realtor if you’re buying in Carmel Valley. She knows the area as well as anyone. She can tell you exactly what sort of “action” is happening in Carmel Valley right now. She has integrity, intelligence, a great work ethic, and she’s a fantastic negotiator. I’ve worked with her and so have friends of mine, and I think you’ll be very happy with her.
Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.
Participant[quote=lepetitangel]Hi Zk,
Thanks for sharing all the info.
So for canyon-backing homes, do you think I should not expect to get a “steal” unless I get real lucky? If a shortsale house (with the things you described about the house) sold for $810K, do you think the canyon-back homes should be only in the $900~$950K region as the seller is asking way more than $1M. Hopefully can hear from you what you think in terms of valuation.I’ve seen a few houses in CV that asked for $1.08~$1.1M that sold for about at least 5~10% less than asking price. Do you think in this case, a $1M price tag from $1.08M would be reasonable?
thanks.[/quote]
The only canyon-backing homes that went for those prices were in summer ’09. One went for 925k and a couple more went between 950k and 1M. In my opinion, the only way you’ll get one is if the market does the same thing this summer (or in the future) that it did in ’09. I don’t think the one on Cloverhurst asking 1079k will go for less than 1M at best. It could easily go for more than that, though. Couldn’t hurt to throw an offer in, though. You really never know.
Participant[quote=lepetitangel]Hi Zk,
Thanks for sharing all the info.
So for canyon-backing homes, do you think I should not expect to get a “steal” unless I get real lucky? If a shortsale house (with the things you described about the house) sold for $810K, do you think the canyon-back homes should be only in the $900~$950K region as the seller is asking way more than $1M. Hopefully can hear from you what you think in terms of valuation.I’ve seen a few houses in CV that asked for $1.08~$1.1M that sold for about at least 5~10% less than asking price. Do you think in this case, a $1M price tag from $1.08M would be reasonable?
thanks.[/quote]
The only canyon-backing homes that went for those prices were in summer ’09. One went for 925k and a couple more went between 950k and 1M. In my opinion, the only way you’ll get one is if the market does the same thing this summer (or in the future) that it did in ’09. I don’t think the one on Cloverhurst asking 1079k will go for less than 1M at best. It could easily go for more than that, though. Couldn’t hurt to throw an offer in, though. You really never know.
Participant[quote=lepetitangel]Hi Zk,
Thanks for sharing all the info.
So for canyon-backing homes, do you think I should not expect to get a “steal” unless I get real lucky? If a shortsale house (with the things you described about the house) sold for $810K, do you think the canyon-back homes should be only in the $900~$950K region as the seller is asking way more than $1M. Hopefully can hear from you what you think in terms of valuation.I’ve seen a few houses in CV that asked for $1.08~$1.1M that sold for about at least 5~10% less than asking price. Do you think in this case, a $1M price tag from $1.08M would be reasonable?
thanks.[/quote]
The only canyon-backing homes that went for those prices were in summer ’09. One went for 925k and a couple more went between 950k and 1M. In my opinion, the only way you’ll get one is if the market does the same thing this summer (or in the future) that it did in ’09. I don’t think the one on Cloverhurst asking 1079k will go for less than 1M at best. It could easily go for more than that, though. Couldn’t hurt to throw an offer in, though. You really never know.
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